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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
A Contrast.

An American returning to New York
after residence abroad for some years,
writing to the Evening Post, says: " In
coming from England to New York one
finds a keener, paler face among the
men of this city, a better finished out
line, too. Whether the rounded cheek
and well-turned jaw is due to early
gum-chewing, or to ancestral mastica-
ton of anything else, it is hard to say,
but the fact remains. 1t may, indeed,
be due to a premature acquaintance
with a good beefsteak. The writer has
always fancied that an early diet of oat-
meal spoilt the development of the
Scottish contour, just as potatoes ru-
ined the Irish jaw. 1t is probable that
the dryness of the climate here is
mainly responsible for the paler COM
plexion, assisted by the absence of
heavy national beverages. The Ameri-
can is much more adaptable than the
Englishman in any new field. The
Briton is a man of one profession or
trade, outside of which he is absolutely
helpless. He is still further handi-
capped by feeling of doubtful pride,
which binders him from accepting a
lower position than that he has been
accustomed to. In coming to America
and failing to find what he wants, he is
very apt to fall into the most desperate
straits before he realizes the fact that
all honest labor is honorable in
America and that society is not SUBJ
divided with the same harshness as it is
in Europe. The American, in brief
as he appears to the writer, is very
agreeable, gentlemanly man of consid-
cradle equipose of mind. He is not
violent or choleric, like the Briton, but
his force is apparently cumulative, since
he is capable of very bold aud startling
action upon occasion. He does not
wear himself out by fretting; he does
not threaten to write to the newspapers
or to report to the officials when he is
bahled by the insolence of office; he
shrugs his shoulders and that is all.
He is long-suffering, but he can at times
strike very hard, and if he does not
mourn over his own woes he certainly
does not distress himself about the
damage he does to others. He is inca
pable, apparently, of remorse, unless
indeed, it be the remorse of the stom-
ach, to which he is keenly sensitive, for
he is liberal feeder"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
Wood Stews i'm Northern Siberia.

We have all had our sympathies
aroused by statements that these peo-
pie 0he natives of northern Siberia)
are often, during famines, compelled to
resort to wood for food. Now the fact
is that careless observers have simply
been imposed upon, or they have
jumped at conclusions without caring,
or perhaps being able, to make in
quiries, and because they thought that
a statement of these views would make
heart-rending page for their books,
and by inference show what distress
ing time they themselves must have
had among such surroundings. Wood
in certain form is a most common
and constant article of diet on the Lena
river, all along the north coast and in
in the immediate neighborhood of
Yakutsk, in fact wherever the Yakut
resides. North of Verchoyansk, ex-
cept in few sheltered valleys, it may
be said there is no other wood than the
larch, and for miles south of the tree
limit absolutely no other. The natives
eat it because they like it, Even when
fish are plentiful it usually forms part
of the evening meal, as the many
cleanly-stripped larch logs near every
hut testify. They know by experience
that the fact of their eating wood
arouses the sympathies of strangers
and shrewdly use it to excite pity and
to obtain a gift of tea and tobacco.
They scrape off the thick layers i'm
mediately under the bark of a log, and
chopping it fine, mix it with snow. 1t
is then boiled in a kettle. Sometimes
little fish roe is mixed with it, and
further south cows milk or butter. |
have often seen it eaten without any
thing additional, though, as in the pres
ent instance, there was apparently
enough food on hand.-Lieutenon
William II. Schuetze.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
Happiness n Habit.

Every permanent state of mind is
largely the effect of habit, Just as we
can perform an action so continually
that ii comes to be habitual, so we can
encourage conditions of mind till they,
too, come to be habits of thinking and
even of feeling. Every thoughtful
parent or teacher recognizes this in the
training of youth. The child constantly
thwarted or scolded or ridiculed has
constantly reused within him feelings
of resentment or encouragement or
misery; and these grow to be habitual,
and character for ill-temper or mo-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19

A GOOD appetite is essential to good
health, but at this season it is often
lost, owing to the poverty or impurity
of the blood, arrangement of the diges-
tive organs and the weakening effect
of the changing season. Hoods Sar-
saparilla is wonderful medicine for
creating an appetite, toning the diges-
ton and giving strength to the whole
system. Now is the time to take it.
BE sure to get Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
Sf(istellanp.
The Saw.Mill's Song.

with tireless voice and fiery breath,
Intoning labors song,
| bare the hearts of forest pines;
My steel arms, swift and strong,
Move tireless blades which, to and fro,
Through fragrant timber come and go.
In constant streams the giant pines
Are clutched within my grasp;
My metal servants, swift and true,
Their mighty bodies clasp.
Then, held in iron paws, they feel
The thrusts of my swift, flashing steel.
Fast whirling, like revolving light
The saws 20 round and round
And buzz like swarms of giant bees
Where wheels and shafts resound
In chorus with the clash and clangs
of modern tolls obedient gangs"
All day, all night, the giants come
From forests far and near,
And march in files, brown dark and dun,
Emerging clean and clear
In ranks of purest white and gold.
Increased in worth hundred.fold
High up aloft, in carven wreaths,
My smoky banners fly,
While tongues of flame from lofty towers
Glow redy in the sky,
Or paint the clouds with crimson light,
Reflected by the waves at night.
The fragrant product of my toll,
My busy wheels and bands
Is borne by white-wnged ships and stream
To distant treeless lands,
To rise again in cottage homes,
Or lofty piles with stately domes.
And so, untirng, still | toll
Converting into gold
The trees ordained to be my spoil
Through days and years untold;
Obeying still, as best can,
The mandate of my master, man.
So shall resound through passing years
The tune of busy mills,
Their labor chorus echoed from
Pine plumed encircling hills
Industrial anthems, grand and strong,
Led by the deep-unged saw-mill's song
j. Edgar ZONES, in Inter- Oced
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
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DENNIS DOWNING.
WATERBURY,, VI, January goth, 1887.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
Catarrhal Dangers.

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19

WHEN thou art obliged to speak be
sure to speak the truth, for equivoca-
ton is half way to lying and lying is
the whole way to hell.-W William Penn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19

PIoUs impulses are no proof of con-
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resolve such impulses into permanent
principle. -Dr. f. G. Monort.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19

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Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-11

''You have been looking at the moon
 over the right shoulder "-Sometimes sand of a person wf6 has had rartic-
 ular stroke of luck. Most of the su- perstitions about the moon come to us from cid English, Scottish and Irish
 settCes. In Devonshire, England, it IS lucky to see the new moon over the right shoulder, but to see it straight before IS good fortune to the, end of the month. In Renfrewghire, if a mans house be burned during the wans of the neon 1t is unlucky, but if the moon Is waxing it is lucky. To have money, particularly gold or siII, yer, Tn your pocket at that time E 3 token of good fortune, but tg be. with cut it is a very bad ometi h. Orkney 1t is considered very unluekE to fit or move from one place to aActher dur ing the waning of the niqUn. Old peo- pie in some parts q Argyllshire are wont to invoke tLts Divine blessing on the meon. afet the monthly change. The, Gaelic word for fortune is derived from that denoting full moon, aid a marriage or birth occurring dt that | Tetiod is believed to augur prosperity
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-11
Re.ODeninR of inc MaxweH Land Grant
 Case Denied.

In the case of the United States; ap- pellant, against the Maxwell Land Grant Company; appeal from the U. s. District Court for the District of ColcFad6 "a petition. for the rehearing of the Maxwell land grant case, re- cehtly decided by this court-in long opinion by Justice Miller reviewing the grounds upon which a rehearing is asked for, the United statesSuprerne Court denies the petition. The Court has considered, Mir. Justice Miller says, all the points suggested in the petition with the utmost care. The Court was thoroughly impressed with the importance of the case, not only as regarded the extent of the grant and its value, but also on account of its involving principles which will be- come preeedents in cases of similar nature now rapidly increasing Tn number. It was, therefore; given a most careful. examination, and this petition for rehearlng has had sim liar attentive consideration. The re- suit is that the Court is entirely satis- fled that the grant, as confirmed by the action of Congress, is a valid grant, that th1 .,tvey and pateht ls- sued upon it, as well as the original grant by ArmUo are entirely free from any fraud on the part of the grantees or those claiming under them, and that the decision could be no other than that winch the learned judge of ta6 Circuit Court below made and. ahichthe Court affirmed. The peti- tioh for rehearlng is, therefore, de- nied.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-11
ClvIll1at,b8 of Indian. a Hopeless. rasx.

1 have lived in the Indian Territory
 for number of years, said Geo. N,
 Wilson to a Globe Democrat represen- tative, and have carefully watched the condition oF the, Indians, both of the wild and civilized tribes. and must say that I can not sea the smallest signs of advance Of improvement in their con- dition. 1 have heara on all sides when in the East the, edHdition of the Creeks, Cherokees and GhUetaws que ted as an instanSe Of what the wild tribes are capable of when placed in proper entirUhihent and sarr6uhded by civilizing influences. This argu. ment Is spacious, and one calculated to deceive those. unfamiliar with the subject. When fife facts of the case are clearly stated, the fallacy of this argument is at on6e apparent, The Indians of Georgia and Alabama never were nomadic, always lived Tn villa ges, and raised crops. To-day they are exactly the same Indians they Were when they left their homes. They have not made one step in ad- vance, and show not the smallest slgn of ever attaining any higher degree of civilization thah- they now possssS. Although n-a higher plane, they are as immovably fixed in their present condition as the plains and mountain tribes. and instead of furnishing evi- denee of the susceptibility to ciyiliza= ton of the Indians, ars .citea as proof to the direct contrary. As far as ad- vancement is concerned, the Indians are hopeless, and those well-meaDing but misguided philanthrppists who are endeavorirg to make white men of ithem are utterly wasting much valu- able time and energy.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-11
The Range.
E. pasn Inter Rannblics.l !

c N Paso Inter -Republics.)
 % F00 much rain is reported on the fanges Tn Colorado,
 Favorable reports come from the Panhandle. fhg cattle are said to be in good shape whereabouts.
 Sellers of Texas and New Mexico two-year-olds are holding at prices ranging from $14 to $16 to be deliy- cred in Colorado.
 Both land and cattle in northern Mexico afe looking fine. Prices are also betteF than formerly and alto gether the outlook is extremely good. Q A herd of cattle on the Panhandle, (the number not ,stated) has been transferred in consideration. of S36;' 900, the seller to take them back a year hence at the rate of $3 more per head than the rate he sold them for, on the presumption the herd stlll con slsts of the sante number, neither losses tot irCreaae to eoaht.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-11
It Beats the Devil

Just because we closed down the Advance for two weeks, in order to obtain little fresh air, ''shoer popped. A tramp was run over by the s. P. railroad, and his remains were re- moved on chunks. A crank attempt ed to shoot. Mrs. McGrath' labOrlng under the hallpeinatiOn that the vii, lain was still rarsulng hlm; MT. Wea- yer ran abruptly against Colonel hc' Whirt's fist, knocking his nose odt in one round; a drunken Mexican shot up the town and it took the entire population to subdue hlmi 3 big earthqqakS, shook up the Territory including the Silver City Eht93rprise and last though not least, bill Jon!e' resigned the superintendency of th' narrow gauge railroad. No, it won dc to shut down the Adyance.-Lords burg Advance.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-11
THE SONG OF THE GEAR.

In coat of mail, with an iron tail, sit in tAs bomb-proof palace, With a steel-ribbed hat and copper cravat Tin joyous, happy and careless; With abestos hose and brass under clo'es defy the Nihilist shooter; Oh, I never shrink, in my jacket of zinc, . And my vest of copper and pewter. # l sing merry tunes in my steel pantaloons So gay and so free from all dread. No harm cali reach me, I'm happy and free, With my powder-proof hat on my head.
 -[Tid Bits.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-11

4 commission representing the street railways of Washington, D. C., after making thorough and exhaust. i've examination of the var1ous modes. and appliances for the propulsion of street cars, have unanimously report ed in fa7or of the cable, declaring it the road of the future. and the electric h3t6r a complete failure. The com mission exa@:ned all the roads now Tn operation, electrical and cable, and in tleir report say the St. Louis cable road IS cheaper than the Cincinnati system; Kansas City cable roads, ow- ing to liberal plant and enterprise, foreshadow complete success; in Chi eago the cable lines give general satis-. faction, while in San Francisco the cable was found in its perfection Tas Vegas Optic
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-11
runneIIlps the Great Divide.


 (From the Locomotive Engihee45' Journal.J I In the project fer the tunnsling the Great Divide, or the Rocky Noun taihs, the point proposed to be tun- neled is under Gray's Peak, which rises no'less than 14,441 feet above the level of the sea. At4,441 feet below the peak, by tuhnelfhg from east to west for 25,0O0 feet direct, eommuni- cation would be opened between the valleys of the Atlaptic. slope and those of the Pacific side. This would short en the distance between Denver, in Colorado, and Salt Lake City, in Etah, and consequently the distance between the Missouri river, say at St. Louiss and San Francisco nearly 300 miles and there would be little. mefe re- qUired in the way of ascending or de- s5ending or tunneling mountains. Part of the work has already beeA Se- conlplished. The country from Mis- souri to the foot of the Rockies rises gradually in rolling prairie, till an elevation is reached of 2, 5,2C0 feet above the sea level He Rockies themselves rise at various places to a height ex- ceeding 11,OO0 feet. Of the twenty most famous passes, only seven are below 10000, while five are upward # 12,000 feet, and one, the Argentine, is 13,0O0 feet. Of the seventy-three in portaut towns in Cgl6fad5. only twetvs are below 5000 feet, ten are over 10000 feet, and one is 14,OOO feet. Passes at such height are, of course a barrler to ordinar9 ttsfci and the railways from the Atlantic to the Pa cifc have in consequence made detours of hundreds of miles, leaving rich plains lying on the western slopes of the great shcwy range practically. eut, of from Denver and the markets of the East. The point from which it is proposed to tunnel IS sixty miles due west from Denver, and although one of the highest peaks, 1t is b5 far the. narrewest in the great backbone of the American continent.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-11
IngersOII on Prohibition.
From the Galveston News.l

A young gentleman of this city who has the prohibition, question very mueh at heart, and who has been a diligent peruser of editorials upon the subject, recently wrote to Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, desiring to know if the Halter actually advocated prohibition, inclosing wwith tie letter a newspaper article to that effett:rTo this query the following epigramnatic and char acteristic answer was received from the eminent orator:
 WASHINGTON. May 19.-My Dear Young Friend: 1 was never a prohi- bitionist-nevsr have believed in sumptuary legislation, but have al- ways advocated the greatest individ- ual liberty. The editor is mistaken. The trouble with prohibition is that it fills the country with spies--makes iieighbors suspicious of each other fills the community with meddlers- with people who poke their impudent noses into the business of others. . Be- sides, prohibition does moi, prehlbit- it does not even prohibit the prombi- tionists. Yours truly. .l
 R. G. INGERsoLL.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-11
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TerritsrfaI.


 TerritSriaI. GOvernor-C. Meyer Zuliek, Prescott. Secretary-James A. Bayard, Prescott. Treasurer-C. B. Foster, Prescott. Superintendent of Public Instruction-C. M. Strauss.
 Auditor-Andrews, Prescott. Supreme Court-Jas. H. Wright, Chief Justice. Prescott: Wm. w. Porter. Associate Justice, Phenix;W. H. Barnes, Associate Jus- tice. Tucson.
 U. S. District Attorney-O. T. Rouse, Tucson.
 us. Marshal-w K Meade, Tucson Surveyor General-John Hise. U. S.. Internal Revenue Collector-J. j.. Devine, Tucson. Delegate, to, Congress--Marcus Smith, 1ombstone.
 Judge of First Judicial District-W. H. Barnes, .
 Jasss, ,Q5 Second Judicial District William v, eottsE Phespix
 -iSe eE Thisdr Judicial District-Jas. H. JL .,. s..:. 2. Wright. %iiS OH"ntF.
 0odYt t--W iliiem Porter, Judge of District , Foz
 of District Court-B. (, 'HSsg2yy. Judge of Probate W. V. h.. Sheriff-E. K. Hodgson. Under Sheriff.. H. Benbrook. District AttOrney-J. D. McCabe. Reeorder-Chas. T. Martin Supervisors-J. Redman, Alfred Kinney, Louis Sultan. Clerk of Board cT SSEpsrvisors-Ch T. Martin. County Treasarer-Thos. A. Lonergan. Public Administrator-W A, Holmes i Corener--